New York AcricutturAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 23 
The results presented below are not yet complete but represent 
the first period of lactation for from one to four animals of each 
breed: | 

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g S E z 
Z a 8 B 
n ° ke io ” 2 
B 5 = iC SO aI 
<{ a 1) ee a a 
Cost of one quart of milk........ $0 0161 | $0 0166 | $0 0169 | $0 0165 | $0 0158 $0 0213 
Cost of one pound of butter....... 2303 2217 1470 2204 2261 1670 
' Cost of one pound of cheese ...... . 0724 0820 0661 0748 0695 0795 
Average monthly cost of food... 4 33 3 387 3 94 3 46 5 45 4 46 
Average monthly profit from milk 
_. attwo cents per quart .......... 1 05 05 72 "2 1 47 #28 
Average monthly profit from but- 
ter at twenty-five cents per pound 37 43 2 76 47 58 2 22 
Average monthly profit from ; 
cheese at ten cents per pound... 1 65 76 2 02 1%, 2 10 115 




In addition to the foregoing data, numerous details are given 
for each individual animal and for each breed in the tenth annual 
report in regard to the following points: 
(1) Amount of fat in milk. (2) Amount of fat lost in skim- 
milk and buttermilk. (83) Amount of fat recovered in cream and 
butter. (4) Yield of butter. (5) Pounds of milk required to make 
one pound of butter. (6) Pounds of milk required to make one 
pound of cream. (7) Pounds of cream required to make one pound 
of butter. (8) Per cent cf fat in cream. (9) Daily yield of milk 
and butter. (10) Monthly yield of milk, cream, skim-milk, butter- 
milk and butter. (11) Temperature and time of churning. (12) 
Size and number of fat globules. 
Results are also presented showing what. effect advance of the 
lactation period has upon the composition of milk and upon the 

yield of butter and cheese. (Tenth Annual Report, pp. 369-389.) - 
Experiments Relating to the Manufacture of Cheese. 
In the fall of 1891, eight preliminary experiments were made. 
In May, 1892, the experiments were continued on a more extended 
plan. Cheese has been made one week in each month from May 
to October at five different cheese factories located in Oneida, 
i Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties. Fifty of these fac- 

* Loss. 
